Social media platform review: Tumblr trouble

The second post in my series reviewing my experience and usage of social media platforms focuses on Tumblr, which was Fandom Central for a decade and arguably left indelible marks on fandom and online culture. A full rundown of Tumblr's history, fandom significance, and recent developments is beyond the scope of this post, which is about my personal experiences of the platform. Tumblr is well known enough that I won't be explaining some of its basics as I did with Mastodon, so if you need more information please refer to the links in this paragraph.

Current and future posts in this series are:

• Mastodon and its instances
• Tumblr trouble
• Living the Dreamwidth
• Snoozing on Pillowfort

Summary of platform: Multi-format blogging site with nearly limitless image hosting and unique--and problematic--reblog functions.

Platform usage: Image-heavy fan posts and meta, "collecting" content I like, discussions and discourse

( Tumblr, a personal history )